Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
VIRAJ JOSHI, ‘AirWire’: coding and hand gesture
“We often find the world of coding and electronics abstract and inaccessible.” This is a statement I am sure many would agree with. Even to…
Biomedia, Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
KLARA RAVAT, uniting the olfactory sensorial experience and cognition
Unlike other animals, humans have evolved to rely mostly on our sense of vision. Still, the sense of smell remained one of the most…
Contributors, Digital Culture, News, Scout & Trends, Sound
Event: TFT’s BLK PWDRS album launch at The Glove that Fits
This Thursday 27 September our digital producer Stephen MacLaughlin is launching a new solo musical project, TFT, with an evening of noisy dancefloor electronics to…
Architectures, Design, News, Scout & Trends
Talk: ‘Blending the Digital and the Material: current trends in fashion, design and material innovation’ Soho House BCN
In 1995, Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world he was…
Exhibition: ‘ARTEFACT FOOTWEAR, FUTURES’ at London Design Festival 2018
Every September London Design Festival takes over London with a nine-day celebration, comprising of over 400 different events, exhibitions and installations. Established in 2003,…
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
MARTIN CALVINO, conveying scientific knowledge in artistic form
Martin Calvino is an artist with a scientific background who is “enthusiastic about placing himself in situations in which the artistic mind can surprise…
Exhibition: A glitch in the Stars-Space Exploration Initiative at Ars Electronica
In a few days, on September 6th, the annual Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria will once again open its doors to artists, scientists,…
Biomedia, Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
GREG ORROM SWAN, A Measure of Minerality
When Greg Orrom Swan muses that he is “absorbed by the minutiae of the everyday,” he captures succinctly the question that this magazine has…
Body Sculptures, Interviews, Scout & Trends
OLEG DOU, a concatenation of bodily possibilities
Oleg Dou’s photographs and sculptures are often described as grotesque and repulsive, but the unsettling nature of his heavily edited photographic portraits derives from…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
MICHAEL BEGG, sounds of daily life that lurk just beneath the surface
Michael Begg is quick to cite his sources. Talking about the wells of inspiration for his work, he credits a stranger on a train,…
Biomedia, News, Scout & Trends
Competition: The Center Of Multisensory Art (COMA)
COMA, the Center Of Multisensory Art is a project at STPLN dedicated to researching and developing multisensory experiences and, as well as the exploration…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
LUIZ ZANOTELLO, the digital is now more material than ever
Berlin-based Brazilian new media artist and designer Luiz Zanotello has been applying his background in design and technology into his practice-based artistic research and…
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ALBERT BARQUÉ & MARC MARZENIT, challenging the paradigms of creativity posed by zero gravity
The Zero Gravity Band is an immersive installation of light and sound 360º that tries to induce sensations of zero gravity and an…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
LOUIS ALDERSON-BYTHELL, a dichotomy of inspiration with biology and fashion design
Fashion: a reflection of our times, politics, showcase of individuality. Follow it or not, fashion is inescapable for the mere fact that everyone wears…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
HELENE STEINER, manipulating the natural world
At this particular moment, Helene Steiner is the CCO of Cell-Free Technology, a company that makes biocomputers capable of sequencing and analyzing DNA, which she…
Festival: Golden Nica Ars Electronica 2018
Ars Electronica Festival once again brings creative, innovative minds to Austria for the 2018 Prix awards under the theme; Error- the art of imperfection….
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
MARCUS VOLZ, an insight into the generative art debate
Generative art refers to the use of an autonomous system to produce artwork. Hence, such a system can either be the creator of the work…
Computing Art, Digital Couture, Interviews, Scout & Trends
KOHEI NAWA, exploring the artistic potential of surfaces
Kyoto-based Japanese artist Kohei Nawa has continuously explored the potentials of different surfaces with the use of various mediums and materials such as glass…
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
NAGAMI, crossing borders beyond imagination
Many know Ávila as small medieval town in the west of Spain known the world over for its iconic Romanesque walls. Now, Ávila will…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
NELO AKAMATSU, meditave studies of water and sound
When experiencing the installations of Nelo Akamatsu, one might be gently overcome by a very delicate, physical sense of calmness. The artist incorporates Japanese…